Gotta love how Spoony gets hung up on technicalities while the actual dev just fucking made the program.
Spoony is full of shit or likely was aiming for a very niche, expensive field and didn't want to settle for anything lower when he couldn't immediately get into it.
Maybe he can't get his cryptography job but there's plenty of IT support companies that would want someone with his degree...if he didn't have 15 years of self-employment as his only career. It's not glamorous work or as high paid as what he probably wants but it's more than his Patreon.
It's so common for people to come out of collage and expect to get their dream job Immediately.
You gotta grind through some junior level jobs first. Get your resume more attractive. Gain actual experience in the field. Prove that you are worth a shit. And eventually you'll get the job that you want. I can imagine Spoony not being hired as team leader of cyber security in the most prestigious company and and being like "my degree is worthless!!"
Since when does having a science degree make you a scienTIST? Shit, guess that makes me a scientist too. Hand me the Bunsen burner, Igor.
Isn't a scientist someone who actually does research? The only thing Spoony has researched is how to be a petulant manchild on twitter and move back into your mother's basement at 40.
I love how Noah seems to think he has such a galaxy brain for understanding a concept that anyone who has seen mass-market Discovery Channel science documentaries can understand.
The term for what a "scientist" is changes in context depending who says it and how.
Spoony's definition is "High authority on the subject at hand. Holding more information than you, so stop with your dunning kruger effect already and respect my authority!"
Also knows as "the worst definition".
God. I just had a dark thought. I really dont think spoonster would off himself but in his case it would be more or less the most noble thing to do. He is not going to be able to do any kind of job. This just couldn't work the counter on night shift at 711 if he tried. Not at this point. He will be nothing but a burden on his family in every way.
All he had to do was keep making stupid videos on the internet. That was it. He wasnt exactly tasked with transmuting iron into gold here. That's all he had to do.
Jesus christ. Fourty years old. Fourty and he still acts like a teenager. Now he will be back to living like one. What hell it truly is to be a man who never grew up. This is now quite commonplace too. It's why his thread still has people in it. Its infectiously depressing. You get a sort of contact downer from him. Of course though, growing up is a choice we all have to make in our ways and Spoonster failed at this task. Like he did with everything.
Spoony has SO many problems it's actually funny. Lets assume for a moment that Spoony cleans up his act and tries to get a job (purely theoretical. It won't happen n real life).
The more fucked up your situation is, the more effort you need to pull yourself up, and the more you need to lower your expectations to what is the highest you can reach.
For example. If you worked in IT for several years, then han a 1 year hole in your resume. Then you'll have somewhat fewer job interviews, and you'll have some uncomfortable questions to answer your future employer, but you can expect to push through it when you do finally get a job, and have you career "only" set back a bit.
On the other hand, where Spoony is now, he'll need to FIGHT to get employed anywhere. Even at no skill entry level jobs. And even then the highest he can reach is not very high at all. He would be lucky to keep that job at all.
See, the thing is - Spoony knows that. And most NEETs knows that. It's a vicious cycle where you're too lazy to get up and do shit, and the more you wait, the more effort you'll have to put when you get up. So you keep down even harder. And there is the anxiety of knowing that you are fucked while also being too much of a pussy to deal with it. So you run away into your room/games to not think apout it.
So imagine Spoony, who wants fast solutions, and have his expectations as "all the shit that I used to have at my prime making videos". and unwilling to make actual effort at all... Looking at his options today. He'll just stick to his parents basement, thank you very much!
Most NEETs that I personally knew (I'm not working with anything related to them. Just happen to know some) at least knew that they are weak and were ashamed of themselves for it. The NEETs I see on the internet have the audacity to be proud of it!
They can't tell the difference between "having a bad feeling as a defense mechanism to get them to get off their ass and not waste away. But I'm too weak to face it" and "A full blown panic attack that harms my mental health and must be remedied by playing video games and watching Spoony videos. No seriously guys, it's a health issue! I'm not lazy! In fact, I should be proud! I am a fighter and a warrior for dealing with those panic attacks!"
No pity.